1. Imperial Oil Resources D.J.Fennell Strategies for Understanding and Addressing Risk Tolerance Factor # 4 Voluntary Actions and Being in Control

2. Imperial Oil Resources D.J.Fennell Control over an activity or engaging in an activity voluntarily results in the risk being perceived as lower. 10 Factors That Influence Risk Tolerance 1.Overestimating Capability/Experience 2.Familiarity with the Task 3.Seriousness of Outcome 4.Voluntary Actions and Being in Control 5.Personal Experience with an Outcome 6.Cost of Non-Compliance 7.Confidence in the Equipment 8.Confidence in Protection and Rescue 9.Potential Profit & Gain from Actions 10. Role Models Accepting Risk

3. Imperial Oil Resources D.J.Fennell 1. 1.The decision to voluntarily participate in a task or activity will be based on our perception of the risk associated with the task. 2. 2.The desire to engage in the activity may be great enough to discount the known risks. 3. 3.Being in control of the task or activity reduces our reliance on other unknowns and therefore the risk is perceived as being lower. Voluntary Actions and Being in Control

4. Imperial Oil Resources D.J.Fennell 1. Stop & Think 1.Use the Stop & Think process for voluntary activities: the simple questions on the card will help in making an unbiased assessment of the risk the act of actually stopping the task and taking a minute to examine the card will engage the conscious mind in the decisions to continue 2. Stop and Think 2.Use the Stop and Think process to engage a group in the assessment of the risk: engages a broader knowledge base on the activity provides a check and test of our assumptions on the level of risk Voluntary Actions and Being in Control Strategies for reducing the tolerance of risk when engaged in voluntary activities and being in control:

5. Imperial Oil Resources D.J.Fennell Exercise and Discussion on “Voluntary Actions and Being in Control” “Voluntary Actions and Being in Control” 1.Is there a recreational activity that you engage in where you believe the risk to be lower but someone else in this group may view it differently? 2.In each of the pictures shown below, assess the degree of control each of the workers would have over the task. What are we going to do about these? 3 1 2

6. Imperial Oil Resources D.J.Fennell Use Stop and Think... on the job, for voluntary activities and for your personal recreational activities!